Taste Council Summer School

Presentation of Transition year (TY) Unit

The Future is Food May 3 2013

Cit Noone

The Future is Food why this project ?

Taste Council members have always and continue to consider

food education as a crucial component of our food industry.

October 2012: Taste Council met with Minister Coveney and

discussed possible projects for the coming year the development of a food unit for transition year students was considered a worthy development
November 2012: Taste Council members met to start work on

this development in conjunction and with the support of colleagues from Bord Bia.

Next Steps
Nov 2012: Literature review Met with other parties to seek view points on this development- e.g.

producers, home economic teachers, colleagues in IOT sector working in culinary education, Council members provided input to help shape the unit content
December 2012: met with colleagues in the Dept. of Agriculture,

Food & Marine to share work to-date and seek feedback

Feb 2013: Opened discussions with NCCA National Council for

Curriculum & Assessment. Organization devoted to improving

the quality of education at primary and secondary levels.

Next Steps
March 2013 today: Developed the unit content has been shared with various partners

to seek feedback with a view to improving the unit. Developed a teacher resource pack with lesson plans and teaching material. Developed student toolkit to help all learners better engage with the unit and record their work and progress. This will also serve a useful tool at later career stages. Continue to work closely with NCCA regarding content and development of unit material to order to gain final approval. As part of the quality assurance process stages of the work was shared with various partners for constant input and feedback.

Proposed Unit Content

Introduction to The Future is Food.

Introducing the Mini Company Unit Teamwork and Communication

Investigating the Origins of Irish Food. Irelands Artisan Food Industry

Food Sustainability The Irish Food Industry and Irelands Food Entrepreneurs

Hygiene and Safety in the Food Industry

Product Development explain

Product Marketing Preparing for Production

options

Pilot Production Product Packaging, Labelling and Launch Production Process

Sales Event Evaluation of Sales Event, Self-Evaluation, and Team

Evaluation. Sales Event - Letter of Permission to Parents

Student Toolkit
Interactive, educational and fun ! Provides students with tools to record their work and achievements.

This will aid learners capture their learning experiences and will also prove useful when evaluation of the unit is required. See sample

Next Steps
Pilot the unit in a number of schools in the next academic year Taste Council will work closely with all pilot schools to monitor all

aspects of the unit

Training sessions will be organised for all involved in the pilot

schools, producers, third level providers etc.

Period of review and evaluation with all the schools involved and

NCCA to enhance the unit and ensure it meets the original objective.
Expectation that this will be available to all schools throughout the

country by September 2014.

Acknowledgments All Taste Council members

Bord Bia The Dept. of Agriculture, Food & Marine Institutes of Technology Food producers NCCA Secondary schools